The most "expensive" package is $120 per month and gives consumers gigabit Internet and TV. Additionally, the new Nexus 7 tablet is included for free (normally $200), as is a cable box, a DVR, a router and a 1TB Google Drive subscription. The cable TV is 160 digital, HD channels. The Internet offers 1Gbps download and upload speeds. Perhaps even more notably, there are no catches. Users will have to sign a standard 2-year contract, and any equipment/installation fess are waived. There are no bandwidth caps, either.

If $120 is too much, Google's second package removes the TV service and costs $70 per month with a one-year contract. With that package you will get the router and the Google Drive account. The final plan is the free Internet package. For a one-time cost of $300 up-front, you will get a 5Mbps download connection that is free for the next 7 years. In addition, there are no caps and you get the free router.

$120 here, with less HD channels and 15Mb/2mb. Wish there was some initiate to get the country to rerun all teleco lines with fiber...

Also the "cheapest" doesn't sound so cheap. $300 is a lot of money for those that can't afford basic TV/internet. They could throw in 1 of the 8Gb Nexus 7's they got left over, I'm sure there are just stacks of them in some google back room.

Or maybe even turn it into a charity cause for the poor. Schools could donate them to families and give them to kids with a promise to use it for school work. Add some grade tracking apps, and it could be used as an incentive to get good grades.

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Originally posted by Qliphah: $120 here, with less HD channels and 15Mb/2mb. Wish there was some initiate to get the country to rerun all teleco lines with fiber...

Also the "cheapest" doesn't sound so cheap. $300 is a lot of money for those that can't afford basic TV/internet. They could throw in 1 of the 8Gb Nexus 7's they got left over, I'm sure there are just stacks of them in some google back room.

Or maybe even turn it into a charity cause for the poor. Schools could donate them to families and give them to kids with a promise to use it for school work. Add some grade tracking apps, and it could be used as an incentive to get good grades.

$300 is for the 5MBs internet only package and if that is for 7 years of service that is like $3.60 a month for internet speeds that normally cost $30 - $40 a month.

Originally posted by bobiroc:$300 is for the 5MBs internet only package and if that is for 7 years of service that is like $3.60 a month for internet speeds that normally cost $30 - $40 a month.

True but the upfront cost is difficult for poor families to justify. Also most of them wouldn't have a tablet, maybe a PC, but providing them a means to use the internet would help offset $300. I would say $300 for 5 years with a 7" tablet would be a better offer.

Originally posted by Qliphah: $120 here, with less HD channels and 15Mb/2mb. Wish there was some initiate to get the country to rerun all teleco lines with fiber...

Also the "cheapest" doesn't sound so cheap. $300 is a lot of money for those that can't afford basic TV/internet. They could throw in 1 of the 8Gb Nexus 7's they got left over, I'm sure there are just stacks of them in some google back room.

Or maybe even turn it into a charity cause for the poor. Schools could donate them to families and give them to kids with a promise to use it for school work. Add some grade tracking apps, and it could be used as an incentive to get good grades.

Most services are like 100 bucks a MONTH. This is one payment of 300 bucks. Anyone who get Google Fiber TV probably has an HDTV. These prices are insanely good.